Countdown to the ninth day.

When Ren Xiaosu knew that there were only nine days left in this war, he didn't have the slightest apprehension.

Regardless of success or failure after nine days, regardless of whether human civilization can continue in the future, there will be an answer after nine days.

And all he needs to do is to survive these nine days with everyone.

Ren Xiaosu began to inspect the various defense lines, and he was stunned to find that a large number of civilians here were not refugees who had escaped from the four eastern barriers, but residents of Fortress 178.

At this time, not only the four eastern barriers, but also the remaining nine fortresses began to retreat towards the rear of Fortress 178 together, because the Qing army was defeated.

Originally, if it was only against the enemy in the northwest, this line of defense might be enough to hold out for a while.

But coupled with the surging crowd of people coming from the Qing clan, I am afraid that this line of defense will also be difficult to stop the enemy's footsteps.

So, all the inhabitants of the fortress outside Fortress 178 began to evacuate.

However, just as everyone was evacuating, the residents of Fortress 178 took the initiative to come to the front line to help the Northwest Army build a defensive line.

I don't know why, Ren Xiaosu can still see a sense of superiority in these 178 fortress residents, as if it is a glory that they are willing to live and die with the Northwest Army: what others dare not do, they dare to do.

Of course, this itself is also due to the atmosphere of the Northwest Army, and the soldiers in the 178 fortress are the guardians of the fortress, and everyone knows what these people have paid to protect themselves.

Ren Xiaosu saw that the residents of the 178 Fortress were sitting in the cafeteria to eat after finishing their work, and they were all still smiling when chatting with other residents, as if they were not afraid at all.

Something strange happened.

When the first wave of refugees arrived at the defense line, the residents of these 178 fortresses actually took the initiative to go up to assist the Northwest Army, organize these refugees to rest briefly behind the defense line, and then continue to evacuate.

Then the residents of the 178 fortress will also comfort the refugees: the northwest is a family, after going to the 178 fortress, everyone is still a family, don't be afraid, when the northwest army finishes winning the battle, let's take the home back together.

These residents of Fortress 178 are like a psychological counselor, and those refugees who were originally a little in a hurry are really calmer after being channeled.

However, the refugees asked, can the northwest really win the war, and if it can win, why should it retreat.

Although everyone has some confidence in the Northwest Army, there will always be a lot of apprehension on the way to escape.

As a result, the residents of Fortress 178 said: "Isn't it okay for the Northwest Army to fight with wizards for so many years, and now that there are a large number of transcendents of the young marshal and their ranks, will they be able to lose?"

These two rhetorical questions directly confused the refugees, so that everyone felt that the Northwest Army could indeed win, although they didn't know how to win, but winning was over.

When the first refugees have calmed down, the refugees who arrived later are more stable.

Unconsciously, the most difficult problem of refugees is the first to be solved.

In addition, the young people among the refugees discussed something that night, and then collectively ran to the officer in charge of the construction of the defense line and said: We also want to participate in the construction of the defense line.

The officer shook his head and replied very directly: Don't make a mess here, there are enough people.

The young people were not happy at that time, and they pointed to the inhabitants of Fortress 178 and said: Then why can they and we can't?

The officer wondered at the time, is this a good thing, why is he still scrambling to do it?

This incident was in an uproar, and it even alarmed Zhang Jinglin.

In the end, Zhang Jinglin decided to set a threshold, as long as the male youth between the ages of 18 and 28 can sign up to participate in the construction of the defense line, but there is one point, you must obey the command, and you can't come to work on a whim, the next day you feel tired and run away, and if you want to do it, you have to stick to the end.

Now, the young people are not making trouble.

It's a bit absurd, but it's a good thing in the end.

Now the northwestern defense line is not stable, otherwise there would be no need for the Sixth Field Division to delay time.

Therefore, the construction of this front does require a lot of manpower.

At the combat meeting that night, Ren Xiaosu sat on Zhang Jinglin's left hand side and listened to the generals report on the progress of the construction of the defensive line.

When Wang Fengyuan reported, he raised a doubt: "According to our calculation of the enemy's marching speed, we should have arrived at the location of the 219 post today, but no enemy situation was found over there, and I don't know what slowed down their progress." ”

"What do you think?" asked Zhang Jinglin.

"I'm worried about what kind of strategy this artificial intelligence is planning, so I plan to send Zhou Yinglong's forward battalion to do long-distance reconnaissance, although it is very dangerous, but it is necessary to grasp the intelligence," Wang Fengyuan replied.

However, at this moment, there was a report from the operational staff outside, and Commander Zhang Husheng arrived at the defense line with the last batch of refugees, and there was an important matter to report.

Ren Xiaosu asked the operational staff officer: "What about the Sixth Field Division, didn't they arrive together?"

"Report to the marshal, no," the combat staff officer replied.

Ren Xiaosu's heart suddenly tightened.

Seeing that the big flicker ran into the command camp, Ren Xiaosu asked, "Who came with you?"

"Miss Xiao Jin, Miss Zhou Yingxue, and Wang Fugui," replied Da Fugui, "The Sixth Field Division has gone to harass the enemy under the leadership of P5092, and he said that this line of defense will need to be delayed for another two days to complete, so the Sixth Field Division will have to buy two more days for the rear." Moreover, he judged that there was a force on the artificial intelligence side that had infiltrated the rear, and it was likely to be the nano force that had appeared in Zuoyun Mountain, and he wanted to deal with this force. ”

Ren Xiaosu's fists clenched suddenly.

All the people in the command camp who listened to the big flickering report gasped, the Sixth Field Division was only more than 40,000 people, even if the combat quality of the original Tinder troops was high, even if there was a command genius like P5092, even if the Sixth Field Division had the most transcendental people, it was a very incredible thing to hold back the enemy army for a day with the strength of one division.

The goal of P5092 is to hold it off for two days.

No matter how this Sixth Field Division did it, everyone must admire.

After the first battle of Zuoyun Mountain and the first battle of the wizard country, the Sixth Field Division has become the strongest army in the Northwest Army.

Zhang Jinglin looked at Ren Xiaosu and said with emotion: "You really helped the northwest turn back a lot of talents." ”

He said this because, P5092 could accurately judge the situation in the rear just by reading the defense report, and also accurately guessed what ambush Ren Xiaosu would encounter, as well as the elite of artificial intelligence infiltrating the rear.

This kind of talent has never been found in the Northwest.

To tell the truth, the Northwest Army has always relied on blood and blood to fight wars, and although Zhang Jinglin has outstanding command ability, it is still a little worse to call him a generation of famous generals.

But P5092 is different from people like Qingjin, they were born for war, but Qingzhen is better at taking precautions for the overall situation, so that he can think about how much time is needed in the rear when he looks at the defense report, and Qingzhen can't do it.

Therefore, from the perspective of a certain war, if Qingzhen, P5092, Wang Shengzhi, and Zhang Jinglin are placed on the same battlefield and lead the same troops, P5092 may win in the end.

Zhang Jinglin said to Ren Xiaosu: "You go and pick up P5092, if he can survive, it is actually more appropriate for him to take over the entire line of defense." ”

Ren Xiaosu nodded: "I'll go now." ”

As a result, Wang Fengyuan said: "No need to go, the 219 post has just sent back the news that P5092 is retreating to the defense line with part of the Sixth Field Division, and it is expected to arrive tomorrow." ”

Zhang Jinglin said: "All units have stepped up the construction of their own defensive positions, which must be able to hold back the enemy for more than five days, and we must not let the efforts of the Sixth Field Division be in vain." In addition, after P5092 arrives at the defensive line, the Northwest Defense will be temporarily taken over by P5092, and we hope that you will actively cooperate. ”

Under normal circumstances, it is a very complicated matter to ask an "outsider" to take over defense affairs, but this kind of thing only needs Zhang Jinglin's words in the Northwest Army.

As for P5092's ability to do it, he's proven himself a long time ago.